To deal with difficulties by extension

The so-called continuation extension method is that when the other person's question makes it difficult for you to avoid and give a positive answer, you may as well push the boat along with the current, then extend his words to another aspect, and use the excellent result of the extension to answer the other person's question. It needs rich imagination and association to make the indirect answer unexpected. Therefore, the successive extension method is an effective way to answer the question.

Here's how Churchill made good use of the extension of succession

In the 1930s, when Churchill visited the United States, an American Congresswoman who opposed him gritted her teeth and said to him, "if I were your wife, I would poison your coffee."

Churchill gave a sly smile and replied with disdain, "if I were your husband, I would drink that cup of coffee."

During the Second World War, Churchill made many speeches and strongly advocated to unite with the Soviet Union to resist the invasion of Nazi Germany. A reporter asked him why he spoke well for Stalin? "If Hitler invades hell, I will speak for the king of hell in the house of Commons," he said

Churchill didn't make his own point of view clear directly, but put his own point of view in it in a humorous and implicit way, so that the other side could taste it carefully. This kind of indirect question answering can not only stop making trouble, but also make the language full of interest, charm and intriguing mystery.